HIGH
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI
Published Jan 31, 2016
7.4
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.80%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.4 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.80% 0.01798
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01798
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01798) | 77.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01798) | 75.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.73% (0.00733) | 71.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00443) | 75.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00443) | 74.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00443) | 70.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189082 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189082 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Jan 31, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 20, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1942
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a